lovecraft on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "lovecraft" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install lovecraft on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall lovecraft on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "lovecraft" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone lovecraft's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/lovecraft.git 
            
                        
                ~/lovecraft
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/lovecraft folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/lovecraft
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lovecraft package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1148794
Name: lovecraft
PackageBaseID: 175183
PackageBase: lovecraft
Version: r13.052ecf4-1
Description: Print random paragraphs from Lovecrafts stories
URL: https://github.com/LevitatingBusinessMan/lovecraft
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Levitating
Submitter: Levitating
FirstSubmitted: 1642557471
LastModified: 1664993124
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/lovecraft.tar.gz